Deep in the Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a snail whose feet are covered in iron scales, making it look virtually indestructible. But how it builds these scales is still a bit mysterious to scientists. Join Olivia Gordon for a new episode of SciShow!
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Sources:
https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/81/3/322/1087877
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8576239_Novel_Forms_of_Structural_Integration_between_Microbes_and_a_Hydrothermal_Vent_Gastropod_from_the_Indian_Ocean
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/302/5647/1007
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103636217/103636261
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X05008058
https://www.pnas.org/content/107/3/987
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Three_populations_of_Chrysomallon_squamiferum.jpg
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